What Really Happened Between Arya and The Waif on Game of Thrones

After ruining all the walls and streets of Braavos with a half gallon of her own blood, jumping off a ledge, and tumbling down a huge flight of stairs, Arya finds herself face to face with The Waif. For a few seasons, The Waif has consistently kicked the shit out of Arya during her training to become one of The Faceless Men. It all comes down to this: Arya pulls needle from under her blanket and extinguishes the candle. (Which has been kept lit by whom exactly?)

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In the next scene, J'aqen H'ghar finds even more blood leading to the room with the faces where Arya has placed The Waif's face among the others.

Trained blindfolded by Syrio and taught to fight blinded by The Faceless, it would seem that Arya was finally able to defeat The Waif using the darkness to her advantage.

And while this is the likely explanation, maybe something else happened in that dark room.

There's been a theory among fans for some time that Arya and The Waif are actually the same person. This would mean the ongoing battle between Arya and The Waif was really just a conflict within Arya to truly become no one.

If that's the case, within that underground chamber, maybe Arya didn't kill The Waif. Maybe The Waif killed Arya and she truly became no one. That would explain why Arya seems to have recovered from her wounds in the very next scene with H'ghar. And that would also explain why for the first time H'ghar seems pleased with Arya's progress.